Hope College senior Ellen Schultz of Maple Cityhas been voted a GTE Academic All-American. A cross country and track standout who has majored inpsychology and Spanish, Schultz has been voted to the second teamin the Fall At-Large category which honors student-athletes inseveral sports from NCAA Division II and III colleges throughoutthe United States. The GTE Academic All-American program is sponsored by theCollege Sports Information Directors Association. Schultz is the second Hope athlete to achieve GTE AcademicAll-America recognition this year. Senior Brandon Graham washonored in football last fall. She becomes the 29th GTE honoreefrom Hope since 1979 and just the third in cross country. Theother GTE Academic All-Americans in cross country were TaunaJecmen (1987 & 1988) and Marie Matchett (1997). Schultz achieved NCAA Division III All-America distinctionlast fall as she finished 25th at the national championship meet. She was voted to the Michigan Intercollegiate AthleticAssociation (MIAA) all-conference cross country three years andhas been a College Cross Country Coaches Association AcademicAll-American for four years. She is also a standout distance runner in track. As ajunior she was the MIAA champion in the 5,000-meter run and thisspring has qualified for the NCAA championships in the 10,000-meter run. As a junior she was named to the Mortar Board national honorsociety. She is also a member of national honor societies inpsychology (Psi Chi) and Spanish (Sigma Delta Pi). She wasrecently presented the faculty's C. James Stringer, Jr. MemorialAward as an outstanding student majoring in psychology. A 1994 graduate of Glen Lake High School, she is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael (Martha) Schultz of Maple City. Schultz is one of four student-athletes to be named GTE at-large Academic All-Americans. The others are Sam Glass of Calvin(soccer), Marisa Proctor of Alma (diving) and Cara Jansen ofCalvin (soccer).